This large stone arch bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over a pedestrian walkway and a drainage ditch at Broadway Avenue in Sterling

Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1889

by

Unknown

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway

Design: 17' stone arch

Stone arch bridge over pedestrian walkway and drainage ditch

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This concrete slab bridge once carried the CTA Red and Purple Lines over Ainslie Street

Uptown, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Chicago Transit Authority

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1922

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway and Northwestern Elevated Railroad

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Design: 2-25' and 2-10' concrete slabs

Concrete slab bridge over Ainslie Street

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This large girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over US Route 24 and Kickapoo Creek Road in Bartonville

Bartonville, Peoria County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1912 and 1987

by

King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio, Cleary-White Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway

Design: 4-35' deck plate girders, 2-58', 1-43' and 1-34' through plate girders and 16' steel stringer

Through and deck plate girder bridge over US Route 24 and Kickapoo Creek Road

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This concrete slab bridge carries the Bloomingdale (606) Trail over Wolcott Avenue in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago

West Town, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: City of Chicago

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1914

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Railroad/Original Owner:

Design: 2-20' and 2-10' concrete slabs

Concrete slab bridge over Wolcott Avenue

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This through plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over 9th Street in Rockford

Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1890

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway

Design: 41' through plate girder

Through plate girder bridge over 9th Street

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